TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: England have developed a bad habit of letting the tail wag

Sportsmail cricket writer Lawrence Booth's view of day two of the first Test between England and India at Trent Bridge in which the tourists went ended their first innings on 457 and England were 43-1 at stumps.

Knock of the day

Two years ago at Edgbaston, England allowed Denesh Ramdin and No 11 Tino Best - who hit 95 - to put on 143 for West Indies’ 10th wicket. Last year, here in Nottingham, Australian Ashton Agar made 98 on debut from No 11, adding a world-record 163 with Phil Hughes.

And now Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have put on 111.

Only once have India’s last-wicket pair added more - when Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan made 133 against Bangladesh in 2004.